Beginning with this issue, we are delighted to announce the appointment of several new board members who will lend substantial expertise in our efforts to make the Journal of Public Policy the premier general journal in the field. Our new editors come from a variety of disciplines and perspectives and reflect the breadth that makes public policy such an exciting field of study. Please join us in welcoming the following new board members to the journal.
Marisa Abrajano, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego, USA
Evelyn Z. Brodkin, Associate Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, Lecturer in the Law School, University of Chicago, USA
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Professor of Law, Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar, Co-Director of Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford Law School, USA
Donald P. Green, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, USA
Patrick Le Galès, Professor and Director of Research at the European Studies Center, Sciences Po, France
Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet and Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
Mathew McCubbins, Provost Professor of Business, Law and Political Economy, University of Southern California, USA
Charles R. Shipan, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Science, Department of Political Science and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA
This issue features four interesting articles about aspects of the policy process. Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett reconsider the way in which scholars think about policy advice and provide a new framework for understanding its role in policy-making. Nikolaos Zahariadis offers an interesting look at the relationship between the Greek financial crisis and European Union institutions of governance. Anneliese Dodds and Naonori Kodate look at unintended interest capture in the National Reporting and Learning System of the UK's National Health Service. Johan Christensen provides an insightful analysis of bureaucratic policy-making in New Zealand tax reforms.
Anthony M. Bertelli
Peter C. John
